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Dale Nolen
Dale L. Nolen, 63, died Tuesday at home.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Bible Chapel with Quanah Jobe officiating. Burial will be in Sweetwater City Cemetery, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory.
Mr. Nolen was born in Brownfield and moved to Abilene in 1988 from Eunice, N.M.
Survivors include one brother, Robert Nolen of Electra, and other relatives.
Memorials may be sent to Bible Chapel, 5158 Twilight.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
(Published June 25, 1998)
Yvonne Rodriguez Wilson
Yvonne Rodriguez Wilson, 27, formerly of Abilene, died Sunday in Granbury.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Vincent Catholic Church with the Rev. Joe Uecker officiating. Burial will be in City Cemetery, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Ms. Wilson attended high school and lived in Abilene most of her life before moving to the Granbury area in 1988.
Survivors include two daughters, Tamika Wilson and Dusty Wilson, both of Granbury; her father and stepmother, Carlos and Lydia Rodriguez of Abilene; her mother, Carmen Rodriguez of Abilene; three brothers, Carlos Rodriguez Jr. of Rosharon, Joe Rudy Rodriguez and Steven Rodriguez, both of Abilene; two stepbrothers, Reuben Morales of Del Rio and Jerry L. Morales of Abilene; three sisters, Melissa Rodriguez, Lisa Herrera and Lucinda Rodriguez, all of Abilene; one stepsister, Jeannette Foster of Abilene; three grandparents, Joe and Jessie Rodriguez and Bertha Rodriguez, all of Abilene and one great-grandmother, Josephina Munoz of Abilene.
Memorials may be sent to the Yvonne Rodriguez Wilson Memorial Fund, c/o Bank One, Acct. #1827194802, 3444 N. 1st.
(Published June 25, 1998)
Jack Vaught
COMANCHE -- Jack Vaught, 88, died Tuesday in a Brownwood hospital.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Eastland Memorial Cemetery with Dr. Van Christian officiating, directed by Hall & Sons Funeral Home.
Mr. Vaught co-founded Texas Peanut Company in Comanche in 1945 and later worked for the Federal Power Commission in Washington, D.C. After retiring in 1978, he returned to Comanche, where he was a member of First Baptist Church.
Born in the Duster community of Comanche County in 1910, Mr. Vaught graduated from Eastland High School and attended the University of Texas in Austin. He married Exma Miller of Eastland in 1932, and the couple resided in Comanche until 1997, when they moved to Redstone Park Retirement Center in Brownwood.
Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Jan Sellers of Dallas; one son, Jack Vaught of Austin; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church.
(Published June 25, 1998)
Nunley Farrar
ANSON -- Nunley Farrar, 88, died Tuesday in an Abilene hospital.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Prairie View Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Pittman officiating. Burial will be in Prairie View Cemetery, directed by Lawrence-Adams Funeral Home.
A retired truck driver, Mr. Farrar served in the Navy during World War II and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was born in Van Zandt County but lived Jones County most of his life, and married Erma Dell Davis in Anson in 1943. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include three sons, Garron Farrar of El Campo, Gregg Farrar of Abilene and Roy Farrar of Memphis, Tenn.; three daughters, Sue Nichols, Sharron Herring and Laura Farrar, all of Anson; 21 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
(Published June 25, 1998)
Anton Freytag
SWEETWATER -- Anton Freytag, 87, died Tuesday in an Abilene hospital.
Rosary will be at 8 p.m. today in Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Immaculate Heart with the Rev. Mike Goode officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Moulton, directed by McCoy Funeral Home.
Mr. Freytag was born in Moulton in 1910 and married Martha Pilsner there in 1937. He farmed in the Inadale community and was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, of Sweetwater; two sons, Jimmy L. Freytag of Ardmore, Okla., and Tommy L. Freytag of Gilbert, Ariz.; two daughters, Barbara J. Harvel of Little Rock, Ark., and Dorothy A. McKenzie of Abilene; one sister, Marie Appelt of Pasadena; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to a favorite charity or to Alzheimers Association.
(Published June 25, 1998)
Carl Joe Powell
ROTAN -- Carl Joe Powell, 56, died Tuesday in a local hospital.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Weathersbee Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. George Ferguson officiating. Burial will be in Belvieu Cemetery.
Mr. Powell, a lifelong resident of Rotan, was a retired mechanic at National Gypsum Company and a member of Little Zion Baptist Church. He was born in Rotan and married Sandra Wynn in Anson in 1976.
Survivors include his wife, of Rotan; one son, Carl Joe Powell Jr. of Abilene; one daughter, Denise Thompson of Abilene; his mother, Pearl Powell Price of Rotan; five sisters, Billy Newsome of Ontario, Cleo Patrick Donaldson of Columbia, N.C., Bobby Black of Oceanside, Calif., Linda McClain and Judy Jones, both of Abilene; three brothers, Eugene Powell Jr. of Hamlin, Douglas Powell Sr. of Abilene and Donald Powell of Rotan; and two grandchildren.
(Published June 25, 1998)
Gene Lloyd Cox
SNYDER -- Gene Lloyd Cox, 61, died Monday at home.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Snyder Cemetery with Wayne Horton officiating, directed by Wright Colonial Funeral Home.
Mr. Cox was born in Wilson, Okla., and married Dorotha Joe Clark in Lubbock in 1965. He served in the Air Force and was a truck driver for the Texas Department of Corrections.
Survivors include two sons, Robert Bruce of Lubbock and Clark Wayne Cox; one daughter, Cynthia Smith of Nacogdoches; and four grandchildren.
(Published June 25, 1998)
Ricarda Carrion
SWEETWATER -- Ricarda Carrion, 90, died Tuesday in a local hospital.
Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today in McCoy Funeral Home Chapel and services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with the Rev. Tim Guthridge officiating. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery.
Mrs. Carrion was born in 1908 and was the widow of Joe Carrion. She was a member of Immaculate Heart.
Survivors include two daughters, Erlinda Gutierrez of Tahoka and Vera Cantu of Sweetwater; two sons, Rogerio Carrion of Rotan and Roy Carrion of Stephenville; and 24 grandchildren.
(Published June 25, 1998)
Milton 'Dell' Green
Milton "Dell" Green, 69, died Tuesday in a local hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in North's Funeral Homes Memorial Chapel, 242 Orange, with the Rev. Clayton Pennington officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Mr. Green was born in Olney and grew up in North Texas and Oklahoma. He moved to Austin in 1941 and married Margaret Courtney in Mexico in 1952. A veteran of the Marine Corps, he was wounded in action in Korea. He moved to Abilene in 1960 and was an accountant for T&W Transport for eight years. After retiring, he worked in the Dyess Air Force Base Commissary. He was a member of Hamby Baptist Church and a lifetime member of VFW Post 2012.
Survivors include his wife, of Abilene; one daughter, Beverly Bell of Shreveport, La.; one brother, George Green of Amarillo; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and several nieces.
(Published June 24, 1998)
Wanda Faye Moore
Wanda Faye Moore, 67, of Alvarado, formerly of Abilene, died Saturday in a local nursing home.
Graveside services were held Tuesday in Wylie Baptist Church with the Rev. Mike Patterson officiating, directed by Elmwood Funeral Home.
Ms. Moore was born and raised in Sudan. She moved to Abilene in 1963, where she lived before moving to Alvarado in 1977. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include two brothers, J.E. Moore Jr. of Abilene and Jack Moore of Alvarado; and three sisters, Mary B. Obenhouse, Virginia Anderson and Christine Bradshaw, all of Abilene.
Memorials may be sent to any favorite charity.
(Published June 24, 1998)
